commit:     f6781b6bd8ac44422effef882a738d60792e43d5
Author:     Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Sat Mar  9 09:01:36 2019 +0000
Commit:     Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Sat Mar  9 09:19:19 2019 +0000
URL:        https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=f6781b6b

package.mask: Mask app-arch/star for removal

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/679030
Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo.org>

 profiles/package.mask | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/profiles/package.mask b/profiles/package.mask
index df346e354f6..46d6b23b8e5 100644
--- a/profiles/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/package.mask
@@ -29,6 +29,15 @@
 
 #--- END OF EXAMPLES ---
 
+# Michał Górny <[email protected]> (09 Mar 2019)
+# According to bug #678914, our version is over 5 years old.  It has
+# open bugs (#671742, #671990) and is non-trivial to bump due to being
+# merged into schily-tools (#672060).  It lacks dedicated maintainer
+# interested in doing that.  app-arch/tar (GPL) and app-arch/libarchive
+# (BSD) are good replacements for modern uses.
+# Removal in 30 days.  Bug #679030.
+app-arch/star
+
 # Michael Palimaka <[email protected]> (07 Mar 2019)
 # Fails to build with ffmpeg-4 (bug #673352). Dead upstream.
 # Masked for removal in 30 days.

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